There’s an easy way to watch the 2025 Oscars for free

The 2025 Academy Awards are being handed out this Sunday, March 2, 2025, so here’s details of when and where to watch the ceremony, plus how to stream all the Best Picture nominees.

The 97th Academy Awards feature the closest Oscar race in years, with multiple nominees in the running for Best Picture and Best Director, and the acting categories similarly wide open.

It’s also been an action-packed year when it comes to controversy, thanks to some offensive Tweets by Best Actress nominee Karla Sofia Gascón, a lack of intimacy co-ordinator on Anora, and the use of AI in The Brutalist, all of which make the 2025 Oscars a must-watch.

You can head here for a full list of Academy Award nominees, as well as our predictions. Or scroll down for details about the show itself.

Where to watch the Oscars for free

The 97th Academy Awards will air on ABC for free in the US, while if you’re a subscriber to Hulu, the show is streaming there too.

The Oscars will also stream on Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV, and FuboTV.

Red carpet coverage will air on ABC beforehand, and stream live through OnTheRedCarpet.com and via On the Red Carpet’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

In the UK, the Oscar ceremony will be broadcast live on ITV1 and ITVX.

What time are the Oscars on?

The Oscars begin at 7pm ET/4pm PT on March 2, 2025.

Live red carpet coverage will start before then, at 3.30pm ET/12.30pm PT.

If you’re in the UK, it’s a much later start, with coverage kicking off at 10.30pm, before the ceremony begins at 12am.

Who’s hosting the 2025 Academy Awards?

Conan O’Brien is hosting the 2025 Academy Awards, marking the first time the talk show host has taken charge of Hollywood’s biggest night.

He has big plans for the ceremony, telling Good Morning America: “I’m just going to keep popping in and just yell, ‘Host.’ Like during someone’s emotional speech when they’ve just won and they’re saying a beautiful thing about their grandmother who believed in them, and I lean in, ‘Host!’ Jarring. Upsetting. Probably a bad idea.”

One of the stars of Conclave also needs to look out, with O’Brien adding: “I am going to go into the audience, and I’m going to shave Stanley Tucci’s chest. He has not consented. He’s heard about it, and he said no, but I’m going to still do it.”

Who’s presenting and performing?

Consistent with recent tradition, last year’s winners in the acting categories will be handing awards out this year, meaning Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

Here’s who’s also set to present Oscars: Joe Alwyn, Dave Bautista, Halle Berry, Sterling K. Brown, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Ana de Armas, Lily-Rose Depp, Elle Fanning, Harrison Ford, Gal Gadot, Andrew Garfield, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Goldie Hawn, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, John Lithgow, Connie Nielsen, Amy Poehler, Margaret Qualley, Alba Rohrwacher, June Squibb, Ben Stiller, Oprah Winfrey, Bowen Yang, and Rachel Zegler.

Queen Latifah will also be part of a musical tribute to Quincy Jones, while Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are performing music from Wicked.

Where are the Best Picture nominees available to stream?

We’ve made handy guides for where all 10 Best Pictures nominees are streaming, with the following details accurate for Oscar weekend:

• Anora streaming guide
• The Brutalist streaming guide
• A Complete Unknown streaming guide
• Conclave streaming guide
• Dune Part Two streaming guide
• Emilia Pérez streaming guide
• I’m Still Here streaming guide
• Nickel Boys streaming guide
• The Substance streaming guide
• Wicked streaming guide

For more acclaimed films, check out our list of 2024’s best movies as well as the best movies of 2025 so far.